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INJUSTICE (page 220).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is
injustice? 2. How does
wrong differ from
injustice in legal use? How in popular use? 3. What is
iniquity in the legal sense? in the common sense?
EXAMPLES.
War in men's eyes shall be a monster of ----.
No man can mortgage his ---- as a pawn for his fidelity.
Such an act is an ---- upon humanity.
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INNOCENT (page 220).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does
innocent in the full sense signify? 2. Is
innocent positive or negative? How does it compare with
righteous,
upright, or
virtuous? 3.
In what two applications may immaculate,
pure, and
sinless be used? 4.
With what limited sense is
innocent used of moral beings? 5. In what sense is
innocent applied to inanimate
substances?
EXAMPLES.
They are as ---- as grace itself.
For blessings ever wait on ---- deeds, And tho a late, a sure reward succeeds.
The wicked flee where no man pursueth, but the ---- are bold as a lion.
A
daughter, and a goodly babe; ... the queen receives Much comfort in't: says,
My poor prisoner, I am ---- as
you.
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INQUISITIVE (page 221).
QUESTIONS.
1. What are the characteristics of an
inquisitive person? 2. Is
inquisitive ever used in a good sense? What, in
that sense, is ordinarily preferred? 3. What does
curious signify, and how does it differ from
inquisitive?
EXAMPLES.
His
was an anxiously ---- mind, a scrupulously conscientious heart.
Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
398
Adrian was the most ---- man that ever lived, and the most universal inquirer.
I am ---- to know the cause of this sudden change of purpose.
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INSANITY (page 221).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is
insanity in the widest sense? in its restricted use? Which use is the more frequent? 2. From what is
lunacy derived? What did it originally imply? In what sense is it now used? 3. What is
madness? 4. What is
derangement?
delirium? 5. What is the specific
meaning of dementia? 6. What is
aberration? 7. What is the
distinctive meaning of
hallucination? 8. What is
monomania? 9. What are
frenzy and
mania?
EXAMPLES.
Go--you may call it ----, folly--you shall not chase my gloom away.
All power of fancy over reason is a degree of ----.
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INTERPOSE (page 222).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to
interpose? 2. How does
intercede differ from
interpose? 3. What is it to
intermeddle? How
does it differ from
meddle? from
interfere? 4. What do
arbitrate and
mediate involve?
EXAMPLES.
Dion,
his brother, ---- for him and his life was saved.
Nature has ---- a natural barrier between England and the continent.
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INVOLVE (page 223).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is
involve derived, and with what primary meaning? 2. How does
involve compare
with
implicate? 3. Are these words used in the favorable or the unfavorable sense? 4. As regards results what
is the difference between
include,
imply, and
involve?
EXAMPLES.
Rocks may be squeezed into new forms, bent, contorted, and ----.
An oyster-shell sometimes ---- a pearl.
Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
399
---- in other men's affairs, he went down to their ruin.
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JOURNEY (page 223).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is
journey derived? What is its primary meaning? Its present meaning? 2. What is
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